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daintily

[deyn-ti-lee] / ˈdeɪn tɪ li /






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Perhaps you also will prefer to daintily eat them one at a time, but they are champions in winter recipes like baked beans, minestrone or cassoulet.

From Seattle Times

Some change into sleepwear and wipe their feet clean with wet towels, daintily placing their shoes beside their lopsided cardboard shelters.

From Seattle Times

I daintily stepped into them and he lifted them up around my waist – not easy with handcuffs on and even harder while being held at gunpoint.

From The Guardian

Thanks to New York-based designer Jason Wu, she stood out in a shocking pink gown with a plunging neckline and two black grosgrain ribbons sitting daintily on her small waist.

From Los Angeles Times

They both watched the bear walk out onto the airplane float, enter the open door of the airplane and daintily remove their sack lunches.

From Seattle Times